spelling, was: Re: please help with bind 9.1.2

Sun May 5 19:43:33 EDT 2002

Chuck:

I had trouble using the script initially--even though I quickly
dealt with the path issues. Somehow, the situation seems to have
cleared itself up overnight. Does that make any sense to anyone?
All I know is that it didn't work yesterday, and I left for
dinner. Today, when I came back to my machine, it was working.

Go figure.

On Sun, 5 May 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:

> Thanks, Gena,
> 
> I understand Debian generally deprecates the use of /usr/local,
> so your suggestions are well made. It is possible that the
> solution might even be easier ... it is possible that the path to
> the two utilities nano and ispell might even be omitted
> altogether. I have not tried that though.
> 
> This script is merely what works on my system, and has not been
> placed on any web site. It seemed to me to be way too simple for
> publication.
> 
> Chuck
> 
> On Sun, 5 May 2002, 'Georgina' wrote:
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Regretably, the script doesn't work on this woody system.  The 'which
> > nano' shows that the path needs editing but this is not the only issue.
> >
> > Perhaps a few paths could be offered:
> >
> > # For xxxx users, uncomment the following line:
> > #/usr/local/bin/nano -t -R -k -p -x -r65 -s "ispell -x" $1
> > Debian users umconnent the line below and leave the one above commented
> > out!
> > /usr/bin/nano -t -R -k -p -x -r65 -s "ispell -x" $1
> >
> > Yesterday, I came across the path declaration statements which are
> > really cool.  But perhaps a little excessive for such a script.
> >
> > But it would look like this!
> >
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # Edit the following to match your system.
> > # You can find the correct values by typing at a shell prompt:
> > # which nano
> > # and
> > # which ispell
> > # the correct values will be displayed
> > $NANO=/usr/bin/nano
> > $ISPELL=/usr/bin/ispell
> > $NANO -t -R -k -p -x -r65 -s "ispell -x" $1
> > $ISPELL -x $1
> >
> > HTH
> >
> > Gena
> >
> >
> >
> > Blindness Advocacy and Self Help Online www.bashonline.org
> >
> > ><smile> - I have not posted it anywhere, it is hardly worth it,
> > >it is really very trivial. Here it is:
> > >
> > >----------
> > >#!/bin/bash
> > >/usr/local/bin/nano -t -R -k -p -x -r65 -s "ispell -x" $1
> > >/usr/bin/ispell -x $1
> > >----------
> > >
> > >You can call this script anything you wish - I call it "nanosp" -
> > >but make sure it has execute permissions and put it on your path
> > >somewhere. If you do not like nano you could substitute pico
> > >instead, but you had better check the parameters to make sure
> > >they are right.
> > >
> > >Chuck
> > >
> > >BTW - I wish you visually impaired students would not sit way in
> > >the back all the time!
> > >
> > >On Sat, 4 May 2002, Janina Sajka wrote:
> > >
> > >> Dear Professor:
> > >>
> > >> Did you put the script on the blackboard? <grin>
> > >>
> > >> Maybe I can't see it from the back row here? <bigger grin>
> > >>
> > >> OK, I know you posted it some months ago, but that was a different semester
> > and a different class, right?
> > >>
> > >> PS: Is it on the web site? I rather think it should/could be.
> > >>
> > >> On Sat, 4 May 2002, Charles Hallenbeck wrote:
> > >>
> > >> > Hi gang,
> > >> > I have never felt more like a retired school teacher than I have
> > >> > since this thread started! <smile>
> > >> >
> > >> > I have found that using a spellchecker routinely makes its use a
> > >> > lot more tolerable than just using it once or twice to see if it
> > >> > works or not. It is a little like defragging a disk. If you only
> > >> > do it once a month or once a year it takes forever. But if you
> > >> > run it in an autoexec.bat file (remember those?) so it runs on
> > >> > every system startup, you hardly notice it at all.
> > >> >
> > >> > I have configured my mail program to use an alternative editor
> > >> > implicitly (i.e., always, without my asking) and instead of
> > >> > specifying an actual editor, I specify a very simple script. That
> > >> > script first runs the editor I want to use, and immediately
> > >> > afterward, it runs the spell checker. So when I compose an email
> > >> > message and his the editor's exit key I find myself in the spell
> > >> > checker. I have learned to quit checking as soon as I get to any
> > >> > included messages.
> > >> >
> > >> > In addition to satisfying my own anal retentive tendencies, the
> > >> > nice thing about a well spelled message is that the voice
> > >> > synthesizer behaves much much better.
> > >> >
> > >> > Okay everybody, class dismissed!
> > >> >
> > >> > Chuck
> > >> >
> > >> > On Sat, 4 May 2002, Ann Parsons wrote:
> > >> >
> > >> > > Hi all,
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Now, old Bill, I fully admit that these isn't spelled like cheese,
> > >> > > even though it sounds like it ought to be.  However, unless there's an
> > >> > > extreme blooper like the poster who assured a budding concern that
> > >> > > their registry personnel must be on "autopilate", I think we can
> > >> > > interpret pretty well.  I do agree that folks should use spell
> > >> > > checkers, but since I don't myself, at least not within email msgs, I
> > >> > > can't throw any stones.  The walls of my house are made of glass.
> > >> > >
> > >> > > Ann P.
> > >> > >
> > >> > >
> > >> >
> > >> >
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
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> > >
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